Order of Service – Sunday 14 August 2022 – PENTECOST 10

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CALL TO WORSHIP

Let us sing of the beauty around us!

Let us sing of the beauty within!

O hear the earth tell that all shall be well!

All shall be well. In our bliss, in our sorrow, in the sun and in the rain, all shall be well!

INVOCATION

Put Your music in our soul, O Lord. If we have lost our song, help us find it. If our joy has dried up, water us with the lyrics of Your love. If our voices are flat, enliven us with the energy of life. O Lord, receive this our act of worship and praise, to the glory and honour of Your name.  Amen!

HYMN:       152       “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You”

PRAYER – from St. Augustine

You are great, O Lord, and greatly to be praised: great is Your power and to Your wisdom there is no limit. And man, who is a part of Your creation, wishes to praise You … You arouse him to take joy in praising You, for You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You … Lord, let me seek You by calling upon You, and let me call upon You by believing in You, for You have been preached to us. Lord, my faith calls upon You, that faith which You have given to me, which You have breathed into me by the incarnation of Your Son and through the ministry of Your preacher. Amen!

A GENERAL THANKSGIVING

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we Your unworthy servants, do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Your goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men.

We bless You for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for Your inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech You, give us that due sense of all Your mercies, that our hearts may be sincerely thankful; and that we show forth Your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to Your service, and by walking before You in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with You and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world without end.

HYMN:       717       “Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart”

CONFESSION

We come to God, knowing that we have failed to obey the call of Jesus to love God and one another with our whole being; but we come also to a God who reaches out to us with healing and reconciliation.

Silence

Let us pray:

God of all mercy, give us grace today to make a fresh start.

We know we have not loved You with our whole heart, nor have we loved our neighbour as ourselves. As we hope to be forgiven, teach us how to forgive; and lead us forward in a new life where neither grudges nor resentment have a part; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!

Silence

Let us pray:

For our misuse of Your creation. Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

For our failure to love as You have loved us, Christ, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

For our lack of faith in Your gift of life, Lord, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

If we confess our sin, God is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom; for God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.

Hear then Christ’s word of grace to us: “Your sins are forgiven”.

Thanks be to God.

DOXOLOGY

Praise God, the Source of life and birth;

Praise God, the Word, who came to earth;

Praise God, the Spirit, holy flame;

All glory, honour, to God’s name.

HYMN:   111   “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation”

PRAYER BEFORE READING THE SCRIPTURES

Blessed Lord, who has caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: grant that we may in wisdom hear them, read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them, that by practice, and comfort of Your Holy Word, we may embrace, and even hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which You hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen!

BIBLE READINGS –                                                                        Ivy Lee

Isaiah 5:1-7 (Page 679)                                                            Luke 12:49-56 (Page 1032)

MUSICAL REFLECTION

SERMON:     “Not Peace, but Fire and Division!”    Krikor Youmshajekian

HYMN:       212       “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies”

NOTICES – Movie/Pizza Night – Tues Sep 6, 6:30 pm. Movie “Rams”.

  • Elders’ & Council Meetings – Wed Sep 14 12:30 pm.
  • Combined Service with LCU – Outback BBQ Fundraiser Lunch and Father’s Day – Sunday 18 September here at Longueville from 9:30 am onwards.

OFFERING  –   “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”.  (Matt.  6:21)

HYMN:       571       “Forth in Your Name, O Lord, I Go”

THE LORD’S PRAYER

BENEDICTION

The Peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen!

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all, now and forever. Amen!

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